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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Very good. Exhibits wear along original fold lines. Areas of infill at some fold intersections. Size 37.25 x 48 Inches. This is a 1948 Janet Smalley and Jeanne McLavy pictorial map of the world. Icons placed across the world highlight historic landmarks, such as the Lincoln Memorial, Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro…, the Sphinx at Giza, the Acropolis in Athens, St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, and the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. Other icons illustrate trains, planes, and buses, moving the world's people from one place to another. Churches appear throughout the world as well, although many are not identifiable. Penguins appear along the bottom border. Five blank boxes are scattered around the map, likely meant to highlight cultural events worldwide, since one box contains an illustration of the Boy's Festival in Japan. The Borders Content in the top and bottom border differs from that along the sides. Aspects of human culture appear on the left. Smalley and McLavy chose to highlight architecture (Notre Dame in Paris), sculpture (The Winged Victory of Samothrace), drama (embodied by the traditional masks of comedy and tragedy), science (a microscope), painting, chemistry, and music. On the right, industries are promoted, including farming, manufacturing, education, medicine, and mining. Four circular vignettes occupy the corners and illustrate four 'rights': the 'Right to a Good Home, the 'Right to Good Health,' the 'Right to Good Food,' and the 'Right to a Good School.' The majority of the top and bottom borders remain blank, indicating that this is a proof state. Some of the vignettes illustrate other rights, such as the 'Right to Read the Bible' and the 'Right to Vote Freely.' A view of a meeting of the World Council of Churches occupies the top center, and a view of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations appears at the bottom center. Publication History and Census This map was drawn by Janet Smalley and Jeanne McLavy and published by Friendship Press in 1948. This map is not cataloged in OCLC, and we are aware of only one other example.
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- Map
Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Very good. Creasing. Size 37.5 x 26.5 Inches. A true rarity, this is a c. 1949 E. Lewin Epstein city map of Yafo / Jaffa, Israel. Here in a proof state, this is likely the first published Israeli map of Jaffa. Individual buildings are illustrated and streets are labeled throughout. An index, situated along the right…side, lists 106 locations throughout the city. Proof State Each of the 106 locations identified in the index is provided a number. Presumably, these numbers would be used to identify each location with a corresponding number on the map. In this example, circles intended for numbers are blank (except for one, which bears the number '4'). This omission suggests the present map is an incomplete proof. Dating the Map From index, we can deduce this map was printed between 1948 and 1950. The Yafor Theater, identified under the index's 'Theater' section, began in 1937 as the Alhambra Cinema, one of the most luxurious movie theaters in Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the theater rebranded as the Yafor. Anglo-Palestine Ltd. is identified under the 'Bank' section of the index. Anglo-Palestine Ltd. formed in 1902 and opened its first branch in Jaffa in 1903. It was renamed Bank Leumi le-Israel in 1950. Publication History and Census This map was created by the municipality of Tel Aviv and published c. 1949 by E. Lewin Epstein Ltd. As this is a proof state, this is a unique, perhaps one-of-a-kind item. Its rarity is increased by the fact that we have been unable to locate any other examples, either proofs or production editions, suggesting that this map may never have been published in quantity.
